Copy of Dispatch No. 8 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings
Copy of Dispatch No. 8 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings
Copy of Dispatch No. 8 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings
Date:
1819/1819
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Abstract: Copy of Dispatch No. 8 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Marquess of Hastings, of 19 April 1819. The letter concerns the communications of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat to the Persian court, particularly his solicitations to the Shah to attempt to capture Bahrein [Bahrain]. The letter details the Imam’s report to the Shah that Bahrein has been occupied by the soldiers of Ibrahim Pacha [Ibrāhīm Pāshā] of Egypt, and the subsequent intention of the Shah to send an envoy to the ruler of Egypt, Mahomed Ali Pacha [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā], to remonstrate against the occupation.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 25 May 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/198), which was received on 28 August 1819.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)